Be The Gift

“ You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving”, Amy Carmichael.

We live in a broken world. This is not news, I know.

With elections looming and hatred booming it is often easy to either get carried along with the angry mob or to get lost in our own brokenness.

Covid has turned our world upside down and everything and everyone we hold dear has been affected.

I often receive emails promoting anger or bias. Do you?

I delete them right away because I want to promote love. Only love.

I think one thing we have to remember is that we are all broken in some way.

And there is communion in this.

We suffer. We suffer when kept apart from those we love. We suffer in our own pain or even just hearing about the pain that others endure.

But we are all on this journey together and our attitude can help us heal and heal others.

Hope can lift us out of our self pity. Giving can lift us out of our self obsession.

Let’s BE the gift today.

How can we do this?

Send someone a text out of the blue. Let them know you’re thinking about them.

Be thankful. Reach out to someone who has been an inspiration to you.

Give someone you’re serving the bigger piece.

Allow someone to take the parking spot.

Make a donation to a charity.

Buy someone a coffee who’s in line behind you at your drive-thru coffee shop.

Leave a HUGE tip at a restaurant (with a thank-you note!)

Secretly pray for someone you see on the street as you pass by.

You get the idea. Make a difference in a small way …for a big reward. You will BOTH feel great!